| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1783 - 524 pages
...whether it was conveyed in the form of a waking or of a deeping vilion, is defcribed as a favour very liberally beftowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on ciders, on boys as well as. upon bifhops. When 73 Notwithftanding the evafions of Dr. Middleton, it... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1787 - 502 pages
...whether it .was conveyed in the form of a waking or of a sleeping vifion , is defcribed as a favour very liberally beftowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well as 'upon bishops. When their devout minds were fufficiently prepared by a courfe of prayer, offafting, and of... | |
| Richard Watson - Sermons, English - 1788 - 494 pages
...the form of a ileeping, fometimes of a waking vifion; and were liberally beftowed on all ranks of the the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well...difclofe the future hiftory, or to guide the prefent adminiftration of the church." " You fpeak of the expulfion of Demons as an ordinary triumph of religion,... | |
| Richard Watson - Sermons, English - 1788 - 500 pages
...conveyed fometimes in the form of a deeping, fometimes of a waking vifion; and were liberally bellowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders,...was for the moft part either to difclofe the future hiflory, or to guide the prefent adminiftration of the church." " You fpeak of the expulfion of Demons... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...the form of a waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed or. all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as wt: as upon bishops. When their devout minds were sufficiently prepared by a course of prayer, of fasting,... | |
| John Leland - Apologetics - 1837 - 784 pages
...conveyed, sometimes in the form of awaking, sometimes a sleeping vision, and were liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful — on women as on elders, on boys as well as on bishops." The obvious reply to these representations may be given in the words of Bishop Watson... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed on all ranks of tile faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well as upon bishops. When their devout minds were sufficiently prepared, by a course of prayer, of fusting, and... | |
| Apologetics - 1837 - 472 pages
...conveyed sometimes in the form of a sleeping, some times of a waking vision ; and were liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on bovs as well as upon bishops." " The design of these visions," yo i say, " was for the most part either... | |
| 1851 - 372 pages
...conveyed in the form of a waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well as upon bishops. When their devout minds were sufficiently prepared by a course of prayer, of fasting, and... | |
| John Smythe Memes - Apologetics - 1853 - 752 pages
...conveyed sometimes in the form of a sleeping, sometimes of a waking vision ; and were liberally bestowed xiii. 13.) Read this, and then think of " exitiabilis bishops." " The design of these visions, you say, "was for the most part either to disclose the future... | |
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